The Journal for ImmunoTherapy of Cancer (JITC) is an open access, peer reviewed journal that encompasses all aspects of tumor immunology and cancer immunotherapy, from basic research through to clinical applications.
JITC's editorial board is lead by Editor-in-Chief Dr. Pedro Romero of the University of Lausanne. From there, the journal is published with support from a throng of section and associate editors, who review their specific section areas. Click on a section name below to access the full editor list:
Editor-in-Chief
Pedro J. Romero, MD
University of Lausanne – Switzerland
Basic Tumor Immunology Section
Section Editors
Cornelis J.M. Melief, MD, PhD
Leiden University Medical Center – Netherlands
Sjoerd H. van der Burg, PhD
Leiden University Medical Center – Netherlands
Associate Editors
Scott I. Abrams, PhD
Roswell Park Cancer Institute – United States
Timothy NJ Bullock, PhD
University of Virginia – United States
Gennaro Ciliberto, MD
IRCCS Istituto Nazionale Tumori Regina Elena – Italy
Khashayarsha Khazaie, PhD, DSc
Mayo Clinic College of Medicine – United States
Michelle Krogsgaard, PhD
NYU School of Medicine – United States
Case Reports Section
Section Editor
Alfred Zippelius, MD
University Hospital Basel – Switzerland
Deputy Editor
Matthew D. Hellmann, MD
Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center – United States
Associate Editors
Jack D. Bui, MD, PhD
University of California San Diego – United States
Sebastian Kobold, MD
Klinikum der Universität München – Germany
Heinz Laubli, MD, PhD
University Hospital Basel – Switzerland
Clinical/Translational Cancer Immunotherapy Section
Section Editors
James L. Gulley, MD, PhD, FACP
National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health – United States
Douglas G. McNeel, MD, PhD
University of Wisconsin Carbone Cancer Center – United States
Deputy Editors
Claudia Palena, PhD
National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health – United States
Jeffrey S. Weber, MD, PhD
NYU Langone Medical Center – United States
Associate Editors
Paulo Antonio Ascierto, MD
Istituto Nazional Tumori-Fondazione 'G.Pascale' – Italy
Richard D. Carvajal, MD
Columbia University Irving Medical Center – United States
Tanja D. de Gruijl, PhD
Amsterdam University Medical Centers – Netherlands
Margaret E. Gatti-Mays, MD, MPH
Ohio State University Comprehensive Cancer Center – United States
Christian S. Hinrichs, MD
Rutgers Cancer Institute of New Jersey – United States
Hongbo Hu, PhD
West China Hospital, Sichuan University – China
Douglas B. Johnson, MD, MSCI
Vanderbilt University Medical Center – United States
Pawel Kalinski, MD, PhD
Roswell Park Cancer Institute – United States
Dung Le, MD
Johns Hopkins University – United States
Yangqiu Li, MD
Jinan University School of Medicine – China
Jason J. Luke, MD, FACP
UPMC Hillman Cancer Center – United States
Ravi A. Madan, MD
National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health – United States
Luca Mazzarella, MD, PhD
European Institute of Oncology – Italy
Ravi Patel, MD, PhD
University of Pittsburgh – United States
Anna C. Pavlick, DO, MBA
Weill Cornell Medicine – United States
Michele W.L. Teng, PhD
QIMR Berghofer Medical Research Institute – Australia
Yi-Long Wu, MD
Chinese Society of Clinical Oncology – China
Cassian Yee, MD
University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center – United States
Clinical Trials Monitor
Section Editor
Leisha A. Emens, MD, PhD
UPMC Hillman Cancer Center – United States
Associate Editors
Tai-Tsang Chen, PhD
Columbia University; Bristol-Myers Squibb – United States
Jolanda de Vries, PhD
Radboud University Nijmegen – Netherlands
Silvia Formenti, MD
Weill Cornell Medical College – United States
Larry W. Kwak, MD, PhD
City of Hope – United States
Kunle Odunsi, MD, PhD
University of Chicago Medicine Comprehensive Cancer Center – United States
Louis M. Weiner, MD
Georgetown University Lombardi Cancer Center – United States
Commentary/Editorials Section
Section Editor
Christian Capitini, MD
University of Wisconsin, Madison – United States
Associate Editors
Ana Carrizosa Anderson, MD
Harvard University – United States
Bryon D. Johnson, PhD
Medical College of Wisconsin – United States
William J. Murphy, PhD
University of California, Davis – United States
Gabriel Rabinovich, PhD
Instituto de Biologia y Medicina Experimental (IByME) – Argentina
William L. Redmond, PhD
Earle A. Chiles Research Institute – United States
Geoffrey R. Weiss, MD
University of Virginia – United States
Guidelines and Consensus Statements Section
Section Editor
Robert L. Ferris, MD, PhD, FACS
University of Pittsburgh Cancer Institute – United States
Associate Editors
Michael B. Atkins, MD
Georgetown-Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center – United States
Michael Platten, MD
Ruprecht-Karls University Heidelberg – Germany
Immune Cell Therapies and Immune Cell Engineering Section
Section Editor
Marcela V. Maus, MD, PhD
Massachusetts General Hospital – United States
Associate Editors
Aude Chapuis, MD
Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center – United States
Yvonne Y. Chen, PhD
UCLA – United States
Marco L. Davila, MD, PhD
H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center – United States
Jennifer L. Guerriero, PhD
Brigham and Women's Hospital – United States
Gerald Linette, MD, PhD
University of Pennsylvania – United States
Daniel J. Powell Jr., PhD
University of Pennsylvania – United States
Marco Ruella, MD
University of Pennsylvania – United States
Lillian Seu, PhD
Vir Biotechnology – United States
Nirali N. Shah, MD, MHSc
National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health – United States
Eric L. Smith, MD, PhD
Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center – United States
Cameron J. Turtle, MBBS, PhD, FRACP
Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center – United States
Immunotherapy Biomarkers Section
Section Editor
Ignacio Melero, MD, PhD
Foundation for Applied Medical Research (FIMA) – Spain
Deputy Editor
Kurt A. Schalper, MD, PhD
Yale School of Medicine – United States
Associate Editors
Maria Ascierto, PhD
AstraZeneca – United States
Luigi Buonaguro, MD
Istituto Nazionale Tumori, IRCCs, Fondazione Pascale Napoli – Italy
Lisa H. Butterfield, PhD
Parker Institute for Cancer Immunotherapy – United States
John C. Castle, PhD
Agenus – Germany
Alessandra Cesano, MD, PhD
ESSA Pharma Inc. – United States
Michael D. Kalos, PhD
Arsenal Biosciences – United States
Rejean Lapointe, PhD
Universite De Montreal, University Hospital (CRCHUM) – Canada
Christian H. Ottensmeier, MD, PhD, FRCP
University of Southampton – United Kingdom
Graham P. Pawelec, PhD
University of Tuebingen – Germany
Licia Rivoltini, MD
Fondazione IRCCS Istituto Nazionale Tumori – Italy
Barbara Seliger, MD, PhD
Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg – Germany
Craig L. Slingluff Jr., MD
University of Virginia – United States
Alexandra Snyder Charen, MD
Merck & Co. – United States
Jinada Yuan, MD, PhD
Merck & Co. – United States
Oncolytic and Local Immunotherapy Section
Section Editor
Howard L. Kaufman, MD, FACS
Massachusetts General Hospital – United States
Associate Editors
John C. Bell, PhD
Ottawa Hospital Research Institute – Canada
Kevin Harrington, PhD, FRCP, FRCR
The Institute of Cancer Research – United Kingdom
Samuel Rabkin, PhD
Massachusetts General Hospital – United States
Stephen J. Russell, MD, PhD
Mayo Clinic College of Medicine – United States
Ann W. Silk, MD, MS
Dana-Farber Cancer Institute – United States
Dmitriy Zamarin, MD, PhD
Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center – United States
Reviews Section
Section Editors
Sandra Demaria, MD
Weill Cornell Medical College – United States
Lawrence Fong, MD
University of California, San Francisco – United States
Associate Editors
Michael B. Atkins, MD
Georgetown-Lombardi Comprehensive Care Center – United States
Ira Mellman, PhD
Genentech – United States
James J. Mule, PhD
H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center – United States
Social Media and Consulting Editors
Social Media Editor
Jason J. Luke, MD, FACP
UPMC Hillman Cancer Center – United States
Consulting Editor
Thomas F. Gajewski, MD, PhD
University of Chicago – United States